The talking machine world (Jan-June 1928)

146 The Talking Machine World, New York, June, 1928 THE TRADE IN PHILADELPHIA AND LOCALITY— (Continued from page 144) Corp., dealers in the Victor and radios. A radio service department has been developed, under the direction of Gene Krammes, radio engineer for the Atwater Kent and RCA, featured by the company. Trilling & Montague Open Branch Trilling & Montague, Zenith and Kolster distributors, of this city, opened a new branch warehouse and salesrooms at 218 Chestnut street, Sunbury, Pa., recently. The dealers served by Trilling & Montague in North and Central Pennsylvania will thus be greatly benefited and will be enabled to in turn give increased service to their customers. Besides carrying complete stocks of Kolster and Zenith radio in Sunbury, as well as a line of radio accessories, there has been established a completely equipped service department which is described as a duplicate of the Philadelphia department. Trilling & Montague also point out that other benefits to dealers through the establishment of this new branch are savings in express rates and speedier deliveries. Trilling & Montague also announce that the Kolster Radio Corp., Newark, N. J., has increased its territory to include Luzerne, Cambria and Clearfield Counties, in addition to the territory formerly covered by it in Pennsylvania. Eight lines are now available for dealers to phone in to Trilling & Montague, Philadelphia, headquarters. A new private exchange has been installed and the numbers Lombard 6301-6208 have been assigned. The Keystone numbers remain unchanged. Takes Over Victor Department The Victor department of the Gilles store has been acquired by the Shryock Co., 5007 West Wynnefield avenue, as an adjunct to the radio business which the firm has enjoyed for several years. The stock of Victor products is now removed to the Shryock store, where the RCA, Zenith and Majestic radios are stocked. Holds Business Meeting The Louis Buehn Co., Atwater Kent distributor, of this city, conducted a brief business session at the "Bungalow Inn" near Morristown for dealers from Bucks and Montgomery counties. J. A. Prestele, district manager for the Atwater Kent Mfg. Co., addressed the gathering and the affair closed with a dinner. J. A. Fischer Co. Expands Because of the growing demands for the Valley Forge Main Springs and repair parts and the other specialties made by the J. A. Fischer Co. the headquarters of the firm have been doubled to meet the needs of increased production. There has been added to floor space 9,000 square feet, the company now occupying the second floor and third of the building at 730 Market street. The increased production of the Val Phonic and Riophonic, the latter a popular priced article, which has been gaining rapidly in sales, will give adequate service to the dealers who now feature these extensively for Velvaloid Record Brush Ideal for advertising purposei or resale. Write us for full information. PHILADELPHIA BADGE CO. Manufacturers 3% Lnottw dUuute Patented IMS 942 Market Street Philadelphia, Pa. modernizing old models of talking machines. The new supplement of the Valley Forge catalog, showing the tone arms and reproducers made by the company, has been heavily in demand among the trade. Irvin Epstan, of the firm, is touring the South, while Benjamin Krupnick is looking after the Southern Coast States, and his brother, Martin Krupnick, is making the rounds of New England. Remodeling Store Baron's Music Shop is being remodeled for the purpose of providing more floor space for the music house conducted at 1931 North Thirty-first street. The innovations cover larger quarters for the opening of a radio department in the Fall. There will be added the Majestic and other sets along with the Steinite now being stocked. Buy H. F. Schwoeri Business Maurice Greenspun and his brother, Frank Greenspun, have acquired the former business of Harry F. Schwoeri, 2126 North Front street, and will conduct the store as the Kensington A'lusic Co. There is carried a general line of musical goods, rolls, records and the Victor talking machines. The business has been expanded under the present ownership. Await New Sparton Line By mid-June days there will be on display at the headquarters of the local wholesalers of the Sparton radios the complete new 1928 models of the AC sets made by the manufacturers and distributed here by the J. V. Kane Co., 3137 North Broad street. There are six new models in the line just placed on display, and these will be ready for the trade by July 1, when shipments are available. Brunswick Sales Meeting Held George A. Lyons, district manager of the Brunswick Philadelphia branch office, recently held a sales meeting of his entire force, at which the new Brunswick portable phonograph was introduced, and the salesmen were instructed in all of the features of the new instrument. Mr. Lyons reports that the meeting was one of the most enthusiastic and successful that have ever been held in the Philadelphia office. One of the features of the meeting was a talk on records by Mrs. Florence Haenle, of the promotion department of the Brunswick Co., who represented the general office, and Sidney Schwarz, special representative. The following members of the Philadelphia Brunswick organization were present, reading from left to right: F. Conover, record and technical service; F. H. Espey, salesman; John Newbuck, salesman; H. E. Morseburg, salesman; F. Haenle, Chicago representative, W. H. Waldes, assistant to Mr. Lyons; I. H. Brook, manager, Atlantic City Exposition; M. R. Walanka, salesman; H. A. Hawley, record man; Fred Binder, foreign language salesman; E. E. Neil, branch manager; W. S. Wilson, salesman; Brunswick Sales Meeting George A. Lyons, branch district manager; M. Greensbein, salesman; Lee Shepart, office and credit manager; Sidney Schwarz, special representative. News Gleanings Ballen, which recently has been renamed Ballen's Modern Musical Shop, has been incorporated for the purpose of developing the business formerly under sole proprietorship of Jacob Ballen. The business is now conducted along broader lines at the old address, 2144 North Front street. The officers under the incorporation are President M. Halpert, VicePresident D. Copper, and secretary and treasurer, Jacob Ballen. There are carried in stock besides a complete line of musical merchandise the Columbia and Brunswick, RCA, Kolster, Steinite and Freshman radios, sheet music, rolls and records. Charles Moss, who long has been linked with the music trade of the Quaker City, is confined to his home with a complicated illness. Deliveries of the new Majestic radios have been started by the local jobbers, PeircePhelps, Inc., 224 North Thirteenth street. There are on display at the headquarters of the firm here the complete line of four models which have been introduced to the dealers during the past month. Promotion of the sheet music department has been featured in a special letter sent to the dealers by M. Grass & Sons, wholesalers of sheet music, with headquarters at 27-29 South Sixtieth street, and dealers in talking machines and musical instruments. and ■^LONG DISTANCE oALajebtic — All Set and on the Mark for the 1928-29 Radio Season Let Us Tell You About the New Sets Penn Phonograph Co., Inc. 913 Arch Street Established 1898 Philadelphia, Pa.